In Pursuit of a Miracle
The German Bundesliga will come to a close this weekend with the final matches of the season. All matches in the 34th round will kick off at the same time, and the race between Stuttgart and Hoffenheim for fourth place will finally be decided. At the same time, there will be a fierce battle, especially in the relegation zone. Wolfsburg, St. Pauli, and Heidenheim, currently in the bottom three of the Bundesliga, will all be aiming to reach the play-outs with 26 points. In the Bundesliga, the bottom two teams are automatically relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, while the 16th-place team faces the third-place team from the 2. Bundesliga in a two-legged playoff to determine who returns to the Bundesliga next season. With a six-point gap separating them from 15th place, none of these three teams appears to have a chance of survival without playing in the relegation playoffs. In the final week, St. Pauli and Wolfsburg—the two teams in the bottom three—will face off, while Heidenheim will host Mainz in a bid for a miracle. We describe the situation as a miracle not because of the final match, but because of the circumstances leading up to it. At the end of Week 29, St. Pauli had 25 points, Wolfsburg 21, and Heidenheim 16. Entering the final week level on points with St. Pauli, and securing a chance to avoid the relegation play-offs by winning at home against Mainz in the event of a draw in the other match, would be a major success for Frank Schmidt and his players. Coming within a hair’s breadth of defeating Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in one of these matches, only to settle for a 3-3 draw and a single point due to a deflected shot in stoppage time, illustrates the scale of the miracle the red-and-blues are striving to create. In the Bundesliga, where the overall goal difference—not the head-to-head record—applies, Wolfsburg enters Saturday with a -26 goal difference, while Heidenheim and St. Pauli stand at -29. This puts Wolfsburg in a more advantageous position in a scenario where both matches end in draws. If St. Pauli and Heidenheim both win by the same margin, Heidenheim will qualify for the relegation playoff because they have scored more goals. If you want to witness the full effort Schmidt and his players will put forth to bring the race down to the wire from a point deemed impossible, Heidenheim vs. Mainz match tickets are available on seatpin.
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Mainz has nothing to play for
Mainz, which is set to finish the Bundesliga season at best 10th and at worst 13th, effectively wrapped up the season in its mind after being eliminated by Strasbourg in the Conference League quarterfinals following its exit from the German Cup. Of course, this doesn’t mean they won’t put up a fight in the season’s final match. Having secured their only win in their last five league matches away against St. Pauli—a victory that may have altered the league’s fate—the red-and-whites appear poised to influence the league’s outcome, for better or worse, in some way. If you’re interested in capping off your Saturday afternoon with what could be a historic 90 minutes, tickets for the Heidenheim vs. Mainz match are currently available on Seatpin.
